Hi guys welcome back to the second chapter of The Reason for existing, now I would like to inform you that the present story begins fifteen years after the events of the previous chapter, so don't be confused.
FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER THE ANHILATION OF THE VILLAGE HIDDEN IN APPLE TREES.
IN KONOHAGAKURE
"Then I hereby name you Tsunade, Granddaughter of First Hokage Hashirama Senju, Grandniece of Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, Student of Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure, may your rule last long and your power bring peace to our village" said the Fire Daimyo as everyone bowed before Tsunade in her Hokage hat.
Three days later Tsunade sat in her new office with piles and piles of files in front of her.
"Huh? Is this my job? Signing useless pieces of paper all day long? Now I see why you tried to get me to become Hokage Jiraiya you frog" complained Tsunade.
"Now, now, I'm a Toad Sage my dear ex-flat chested Tsunade" said Jiraiya smiling.
"Ex is right, anyways, where is Shizune anyways?"Asked Tsunade.
"She said something about a pig and pork" said Jiraiya.
"I hope she won't cook Tonton and eat him, I wouldn't be able to bear it, she gets absent minded fits like that sometimes" said Tsunade taking down the topmost file.
"Oh of course" drawled Jiraiya.
"Anyways what do you have on that mysterious organization and about Itachi Uchiha's invasion?" asked Tsunade scrolling through the files with a bored look on her face.
"I've found out there's a mysterious organization called Akatsuki which targets the jinchurki's from all over the world, they capture these jinchruki's and take out the tailed beast sealed inside, after the tailed beast is removed the host dies, what they plan to achieve from this is a mystery to me" said Jiraiya.
"Hmm, that means Naruto is in danger, also that Gaara from the sand" said Tsunade.
"Yeah, I believe…."
Jiraiya was interrupted by the sound of running feet.
The door burst open a little orange whirlwind swept in.
"Hey Granny Tsunade, you've got to give me a new mission to get Sasuke back, I have to keep the promise I made to Sakura-Chan" yelled Naruto.
Sakura followed him in looking teary eyed and weary.
"I'm sorry Tsunade-Sama, I'll remove him at once" said Sakura.
"No wait, Naruto, I want you to go on a mission with Hinata and Ino and Kiba, it's a spying mission of B-Rank, It leads you near Orochimaru's lair, you will be accompanied by Kakashi" said Tsunade.
"All right, I'm going to keep my promise and get Sasuke back, you'd better believe it Sakura-Chan" said Naruto bounding out of the room.
After Sakura left Jiraiya asked Tsunade "Is it really ok for the boy to leave the village so unprotected?"
"He's going with Kakashi, plus he's not going unprotected, I'm sending five Anbu black Ops to shadow them just incase" said Tsunade.
"Well I'm glad to see that you're living up to your title" said Jiraiya.
"Spoken like a true old man" said Tsunade shuffling through her papers.
"Excuse me? That's a great one coming from one who uses a jutsu to make herself appear young" retorted Jiraiya.
At Tsunade's glare he quickly got up and jumped out of the window and landed nimbly on his feet.
"Akatsuki huh? Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki. The Nine Tails, Naruto, Sasuke, Orochimaru, too many things to worry about" thought Tsunade going to a secret closet and picking out a sake bottle.
Drinking the sake with gusto Tsunade thought to herself, "No, As Hokage it will be my responsibility to see that these problems are extinguished at once, the villagers, the elders, the daimyo, the Shinobi's they have all put their trust in me and chosen me as their Hokage, I must live up to it and become as great as my grandfather and Grand uncle and of course, Sarutobi-Sensei"
Looking down below at the crowded street Tsunade smiled to herself, "I will protect the Will of Fire at whatever cost"
In a dark dungeon stood a huge statue with a hand outstretched and on each finger except the left small finger stood a figure wearing a black cloak with bloodied clouds, from their nose to their ankles.
"Itachi, Kisame, your attempt at capturing the Kyuubi was in shambles, explain yourself" ordered a deep voice of the Leader.
"My apologies Leader-Sama, we will do better next time" said Itachi.
"Yeah there was that freaking Sannin hoping about near the kid and in the middle of that Itachi's kid brother came barging into the battle, in all the confusion the kyuubi got away" said Kisame.
A group of sniggers went over through the hall.
"What louses, yeah" said Deidara.
"You can't even kill a fucking kid or an old man without loosing them, Great Sharkman and Survivor Uchiha" yelled Hidan.
" Did you check to see if any of them had money on them while you tried to catch them?" asked Kakuzu.
"Did they look good enough to eat?" asked Zetsu black half.
"That's enough everyone, we'll have no more of that" came a calm female voice of Konan through the masculine voices.
"Hey Danna, what's the matter, you haven't added your protocol yet, hm" said Deidara.
A red headed teenager boy with large eyes suddenly started up, "What? I don't care if some brat outsmarted Kisame and Itachi though I am a bit surprised" he said monotonously.
"Anyways, moving over, this cannot be passed over as if its nothing, our standards are falling, in the past five years we have only managed to capture the Five- and Seven Tails, the remaining seven tailed beast are still out somewhere" said Pain.
"Hear, hear" screeched Hidan.
"So I have decided that we must fill in Orochimaru's place, with someone very competent" said Pain.
"What another member you mean? This will be very expensive" said Kakuzu.
" We also need a good mission tracker, a person who keeps tabs of all the side missions we do, ensure all the money we get goes to Kakuzu's treasury, assist Zetsu in spying and various other things, we will begin the search for our new member from today, Itachi, Kisame, Zetsu and Konan you four will not be involved in this, your main task will remain in locating and capturing tailed beasts, the rest if you are to scatter for some time and try to find some who you think will be good enough for this post, also consult with Konan before bringing him or her into or even near the base" said The Leader.
"Yeah, yeah whatever "said Deidara.
"Gah! No fucking whore or slut is going to enter this organization without passing my expectations" said Hidan.
"I will get to it immediately if you would advance my paycheck a little" said Kakuzu.
Sasori did not speak.
"Very well then, Deidara, Sasori, Hidan and Kakuzu, begin your search immediately, and should you ever come across any other tailed beast then inform us all before taking any rash decisions, Sasori and Kakuzu, I give you that responsibility.
Both of them nodded once.
"Very well then, dismissed" ordered the Leader jumping down as the hand began retreating.
Deidara and Saosri made preparations to depart when a thought came to Deidara's head.
"Hey Danna, who do you think Leader's going to partner the new member with, yeah?"
"Most probably they'll work alone or with Zetsu" said Saosri slipping inside Hiruko.
"But didn't Leader-Sama say they were going to replace Orochimaru, wasn't Orochimaru your partner, un?"Asked Deidara.
"He was, but unfortunately I have to put up with an idiot who always keeps me waiting and who thinks art is fleeting" said Sasori in Hiruko's voice.
"That's right, Art is a beautiful moment which never lasts for more than an eye blink, it's there one minute and gone the next, that's what makes it so beautiful and creative" said Deidara.
"Rubbish, if art disappears in a second then what will be there to see? Art goes on forever, frozen with time, an eternal piece of Life, always to remain so, just like my puppets" said Sasori.
"Yeah well I don't happen to think a lot about your pieces of wood as art, hm" said Deidara as they began walking out of the base.
"The feeling is mutual, I don't think you even have the right to call those firecrackers and chunks of paste art" growled Sasori.
"They aren't chunks of paste, my clay is finely molded and has tiny pores in it to allow chakra in, hm" said Deidara.
"You're pathetic, what would happen if someday you ran out of clay?" asked Sasori.
"As if that'd ever happen, hm" shouted Deidara.
"You always have to be ready for everything or anything for that matter" said Saosri sobering down a little.
Deidara noticing the change in his partner's postures moved over the current topic.
"Where are we going first?" he asked.
"Kakuzu and Hidan are searching down south, Leader-Sama himself will search North, our base is in the west so I guess we're going to the east, that would near The Land of Fire" said Sasori.
"Cool, I like things with Fire, hm" said Deidara.
"Though it's dangerous, the Fire Country will be extremely well protected after Itachi and Kisame's entry, we'll have to be very inconspicuous" said Sasori.
"What's life without a little danger, hm?"Yelled Deidara.
"Heaven help me" thought Sasori.
In a small pub on the outskirts of Konoha a lively party was going on.
There were men in every booth kissing their girls for the night and fingering them while they moaned and giggled.
The bartenders poured out frothy wine and beer in large cups as the smell of alcohol, sweat and pesticides mingled in the air.
Out side the pub stood a cloaked figure, a tall person wearing a black cloak and holding a small piece of paper in her hands.
The door was pushed open and the cloaked stranger walked in. Immediately a hush fell over the pub and two or three girls even hid under the table.
A strong breeze blew in at that moment causing the hood to lift a little.
Some of the women fainted seeing the face and the men began to sweat profusely.
"Kousuke" uttered the female as it turned out to be.
One of the bartenders lifted a shaky finger at a man who had passed out due to too much drinking. His companions fled in terror seeing the figure walking their way.
She went up to the drunken man and shook him hard.
"W-what the hell do you want bitch? W-wasn't last night's one enough for you? "He yelled and then got to some sense and immediately his face froze with fear.
The cold violet eyes with red pupils narrowed and the hand which was tightly pressed to his shoulder began to creep towards his throat.
"Your time is up, have you got what I asked for?" she asked.
"No-no, please, f-forgive me please, I'll try much h-h-harder next time, I'm very. very sorry, please just give m-me one m-more chance, please" begged the man.
The other hand began to creep into his pocket and retrieved a large gold bracelet.
"I'll be taking this back" she said dropping the man and turning away.
When she reached the door she stopped.
" You know Kousuke, if I had found you working diligently instead of trying to pleasure yourself at a cheap bar then I might have forgiven you completely, you compelled me to do this" she said as a long katana appeared behind Kousuke and pierced his head.
Immediately screams erupted around the bar as the door closed and the cloaked stranger disappeared into the dark night.
"Tsunade-Sama, we've had many reports of a mysterious assassin woman who goes around wearing a black cloak and killing people on a whim" reported the Anbu root leader beside his two comrades, all kneeling before Tsunade and Shizune.
"Hmm, any idea's about the origin or location of this assassin?" asked Tsunade.
"She was least seen in a pub on the outer edges of Konoha killing a man called Kousuke" said the Anbu leader 2.
"Any particular reason why she would kill people on a whim?" asked Shizune.
"I'm afraid we have no information on her at all, all we know is that the bar people heard her ask Kousuke of something she had asked him to look for, also she took a golden bracelet from him" said the Third Anbu leader.
"Have you absolutely no other information other than this?" asked Tsunade rubbing her temples.
"I'm afraid not, except that she is usually seen in a black cloak with a hood pulled till her mouth" said the second Anbu Leader.
"Could she be affiliated with the two Akatsuki members who invaded a few days ago?" asked Shizune.
"Possibly but the possibility is unlikely" said Tsunade.
"What are your orders Hokage-Sama" asked the Anbu leader 1.
" Okay send out a team of tracker ninja's immediately to locate this girl dead or alive, also send two medics with them, if she's as powerful as you say she is then it's best if we remain cautious" said Tsunade and the Leader's nodded and disappeared.
"You look very stressed Tsunade-Sama, shall I get you some tea?" asked Shizune concerned.
" No, I just want to think, cancel all my appointments for today after noon or get them replaced will you, I'm feeling like I want to go to the burial ground" said Tsunade getting up.
Shizune nodded understandingly and stroked Tonton who oinked softly.
As she was heading out she met Kakashi at the Stone Memorial.
"Hokage-Sama? Why are you out here alone?" asked Kakashi in surprise.
"I'm not called Hokage for nothing Kakashi, what about you, visiting someone's memory?" answered Tsunade.
"Would that be Sakumo and your ex-teammates memorial?" asked Tsunade.
Kakashi nodded a little and then spoke to her, "Have you ever felt what it's like to know your friends are dying, or are dead and you can't do anything to help them? Feeling their pain, knowing their fate/"asked Kakashi.
Tsunade laughed a little, "Do I know? I've seen the body of my own brother and my own lover decay before my eyes, and you ask if I know?"
At first Kakashi did not reply but then he spoke quietly, "I'm sorry, I just lost myself there a little"
"No matter, how come you're not with Naruto and the rest, aren't you all going on a mission today?" asked Tsunade.
"Yes, we'll be meeting at the gate in ten minutes" said Kakashi.
"Be careful, there's an assassin lurking somewhere who's dangerous, protect Naruto and Sakura Kakashi and the others as well, I'll be sending five Anbu to keep your back should you run into trouble or face Akatsuki" said Tsunade.
"Hai, arigatou gozaimasu Tsunade-Sama, I'll try my best" said Kakashi straightening up.
After he left Tsunade turned to gaze at the stone.
"Nawaki…Dan…Sarutobi-Sensei… watch over us please,"
Yes I know I've not given the main characters much screen time this chapter but I'm trying to sort out some things before focusing on them. Thanks for all your reviews, I really appreciate them. Keep them coming, and thanks for reading. Bye.